Noah Scalin

“A little action often spurs a lot of momentum.”
― Noah Scalin, The Design Activist's Handbook: How to Change the World (Or at Least Your Part of It) with Socially Conscious Design

“I have been teaching a course on socially conscious design at Virginia Commonwealth University called “Design Rebels: Socially Conscious Design in Theory & Practice” since 2003. In the class, my students are introduced to the ethical gray areas that designers have to confront when they begin to work in the “real” world. They are also introduced to the powerful tools of persuasion that are in their hands. Then my students are presented with the choice I hope you will consider as well: Will you act like an assassin? Someone highly trained to kill and willing to shoot whomever they are asked to point their gun at if the price is right. Or will you be like a megaphone? Raising the voices of those who need to be heard above the din.”
― Noah Scalin, The Design Activist's Handbook: How to Change the World (Or at Least Your Part of It) with Socially Conscious Design